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Well, the snow hasn't melted
even though it's been a beautifully
sunny week. Most mornings one
can find many Manor residents tak-
ing their morning strolls up and
down the hallways. Everyone is
waiting for the snow to melt and the
temperatures to warm up so their
walks can move outdoors.
Thursday Mass began at 9 a.m.
followed by exercises led by Eileen
Buchholz, then shopping. At 2 p.m.
we had a wonderful Tea Party to
celebrate National Tea Month. We
learned about tea, had scones,
mints, and of course tea was served.
Lorna Holzwarth decorated each
table beautifully, taught us about
different teas, and brought magic
tea balls that bloomed into roses
when placed into the water.
Friday was Hair Day with Lois
Ferebee, Gloria Hendry and
Marlene Muruato.
We enjoyed coffee and treats
after our hair was done. Pastor
Dave held Devotions Friday at 7
p.m.. followed with pie and coffee.
Sister Rojic from Wibaux visited
several friends at the Manor. Phil
Langerud, Charlotte Langerud's
son, came on the train from Devil's
Lake for a weekend visit then left
on Monday.
Eileen Buchholz led Saturday
morning exercises
Pearl Olstad's daughter-in-law.
Bobbie Olstad, Bobbie's daughter-
in-law and her daughter came to
visit Pearl on Sunday. Word and
Communion was held at 10 a.m.
Then we enjoyed games and cards
in the afternoon. Marilyn and Matt
Kaiser took Eleanor Kuch to
Wibaux for lunch.
Ardyn Mattson led Bible Study
Monday morning at 10:30. Then in
the afternoon we visited during cof-
fee time. Gary Tescher came to
visit.
We started Tuesday morning
with exercises and Adoration. St.
Paul's Church members came in the
afternoon to play Bingo. St. Paul's
Pastor Hojnacki led Devotions in
the evening.
The Manor Crafters made cute
Valentine bookmarkers and deco-
rated heart shaped frames
Wednesday afternoon with
Marlene. We munched on cheese,
summer sausage, and crackers after
all our "hard" work.
Take care until next week - and
remember - happiness is a choice
we'all make !
The community was saddened
to learn of the death of Burns
Abernethy on Tuesday afternoon.
He was 102.
LaDonna Fallgatter, Jeff and
Erin Fallgatter, arrived Thursday
from Bismarck, at the home of
LaDonna's parents, Don and Rella
Abernethy. Don and Rella's other
daughter, Bobbi and Marv Hansen
from Belgrade, Mont., and their
daughter. Jennifer and Russ Smith,
arrived Friday at the Abernethy
home. Other members of the fami-
ly who had stopped in were
Mitchell Fallgatter, who arrived
Saturday from Milwaukee, Wis.,
Jim and Jan Abernethy from
Denver, and Tate and Jody
Cymbaluk from Williston.
Rella Abernethy rode with
Bobbi Hansen on Monday to take
Mitchell Fallgatter to see his moth-
er, LaDonna Fallgatter, on his way
to the airport and home to
Wisconsin.
Thought for the week: Folks
who think they must always speak
the truth overlook another good
choice - silence.
Rick and Linda Stoveland, Jacob
and Sammy, drove to Bismarck on
Sunday, where they visited Bernie
Schillo briefly at St. Alexius
Hospital.
Funeral services were held for
former Alpha resident Thelma Kouba
at St. John's Church in Dickinson on
Fridayomorning with interment at the
Beach Lutheran Cemetery on Friday
afternoon. Friends and relatives gath-
ered at First Lutheran for lunch after
the burial service.
Harry Zachmann is showing
improvement at this writing and we
hope this continues.
Paul and Mary Lee Schmitz went
to Bismarck on Friday to help grand-
son Ethan Van Vleet celebrate his
birthday.
Brianna Davidson and Jolee
Bosserman took part in a talent con-
test at the Bijou Show House.
Tim and Madonna Oech and fam-
ily have moved to their new home
south of Beach. Son Abraham cele-
brated his first birthday in their new
home.
Brad and Ivy Maus have moved
into the former Tim Oech home.
They are enjoying their recently-born
baby son who has been named Blake
Albert. He joins a sister. Madison.
Many relatives and friends gath-
ered at the United Community
Church in Beach on Saturday to pay
their final respects to Burns
Abernathy . He was 102 years old
and was well known throughout the
area.
To celebrate growing older, these
are a couple of the lessons one 90-
year-old women said she had learned:
"If a relationship has to be a secret,
you shouldn't be in it! Life is too short
to waste time hating anyone.
Talent
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"Hopefully this is a beginning of
a continued participation in Beach,"
said Emanuel Culman, an owner of
the Bijou Show House, which is
hosting the :auditions.
The overall winner at the finale
will advance to the Dickinson's Got
Talent competition, which involves
the possibility of going on to nation-
al competition.
The performers on Jan. 31 were:
Breenna Davidson of Golva,
who sang "The Climb."
- Deb Foster of Wibaux, Mont.,
who sang "Lamb of God."
- Jolee Bosserman of Beach, who
sang "Free To Be Me."
Bosserman received first place,
Foster, second, and Davidson
received third.
Culman said the judges have four
categories of scoring for each con-
testant, including talent, skill level,
stage presence and appearance and
attire. "Dress can make a difference
in points and on a performer's final
score," said Culman.
The performers on Feb. 7 were:
Beau Wacholm and Dylan
Brewer of Sentinel Butte. who per-
formed "Tragedy."
Morgan Nunberg of Beach,
who sang "Stay By My Side."
- Savannah DeCoteau of Sentinel
Butte, who performed "Beautiful
Soul."
- Heather Mullet of Wibaux, who
performed "You Light Up My Life."
The placements awarded were:
Nunberg, first; DeCouteau and
Mullet, tied for second: and
Wacholm and Brewer, third.
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210 to 220 feet. said John Hild,
TRMF's maintenance director.
Water that is pumped into the wells
takes on the surrounding ground
temperature of 65 degrees.
The water is circulated back to
the hotel, and in the case of winter.
is heated to warm up the building,
or for the summer, cooled down.
But either way the system saves
energy because there won't be such
a wide range of heating or cooling
as would otherwise be needed, and
the result is expected to be an oper-
ational cost savings, said Beaudoin.
The heating and cooling system
is computer regulated, and eventual-
ly TRMF employees will be able to
check on the system through an
Internet connection, said Hild.
TRMF's plans include having the
hotel open year-round. They have
been brainstorming activities that
could be held during the off-season
in Medora
Being open year-round is expect-
ed to result in the creation of 10 to
14 additional full-time jobs, said
Beaudoin.
Woodwork in the hotel's interior
is finished in a dark tone. The gold-
color paneled ceiling in the lobby
has the appearance of antique
pressed tin. The lobby will feature a
library of books regarding Theodore
Project
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Shown is the east entrance of the hotel as seen from the third story of the east wing. (Photo
by Richard Volesky)
Roosevelt that were given to TRMF. jobs when he was 14, sweeping some," Hild said. referring to the
Hild knew Harold Schafer for streets in what would become a pop- hotel project. "He'd be impressed."-
decades. He said Schafer. who died ular tourist town.
in 2001, gave him one of his first "Harold would think it's awe- © 2010 BCP-GVN
Former official won't be charged
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Writer
MEDORA - The former city
auditor who allegedly stole from
Medora by writing unauthorized
checks to herself won't be charged
with a crime. Billings County
State's Attorney Jay Brovold
announced at a Feb. 2 meeting.
Sherri Ross left the city audi-
tor's position in May 2008 to
move to Las Vegas, and has since
moved to Arizona. After Ross left
North Dakota, city officials
ordered an audit of payroll
records, covering the previous
four years.
Brovold told the council that ia
factor in his decision is that Ross
repaid the money, according to the
unofficial minutes of the Feb. 2
City Council meeting. The city
received the money in December
2009, which also included fund~
to cover the cost of the audit that
was done after Ross left. ,f
Another issue is that most of
the transactions, except for two',
are too old to prosecute. The
Brovold also said he hadn't received
enough information about the case, includ-
ing a full BCI report,
statute of limitations is three
years. The two transactions that
had the potential of being prose-
cuted are from July and December
2007.
The North Dakota Bureau of
Criminal Investigation (BCI) had
the role of investigating the mat-
ter.
Brovold also said he hadn't
received enough information
about the case, including a full
BCI report.
The matter of whether or not
Ross would be charged led to a
strained relationship involving
City Council members and City
Attorney Matt Kolling, and
Brovold. in recent months.
Mayor Doug Ellison said the
matter was a learning experience.
and that he realizes there was a
lack of communication among the
parties involved, according to the
unofficial minutes.
Kolling said there was no
"vendetta," and if Brovold
thought there was. he apologizes,
according to the unofficial meet-
ing minutes. Kolling said he gave
Brovold all the information he
had.
Ross allegedly wrote $5,978.05
in checks to herself, while the
city's accounting system says the
money went to various businesses,
the audit report issued by a Beach
auditing firm showed. The audit
report also noted an additional
amount of "questionable payroll
checks" totaling $4.493.23 were
written to Ross. The five checks.
ranging from $841.91 to $964.22,
all were in the accounting system
as payroll, but were moved from
one accounting period to another.
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Berger Open
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You are invited to an
Open House
In Honor of Ed
Berger's 80th birthday
Sunday,
February 14
2-4 p.m.
Golden Valley Co. Manor
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